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This is prima facie stupid. Genetically modified is not a meaningful term; it is merely political. Furthermore, this was not a blinded study and — surprise! — t
by carbocation 17y ago
This is prima facie stupid. Genetically modified is not a meaningful term; it is merely political. Furthermore, this was not a blinded study and — surprise! — the scientists got the result they clearly wanted.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoHow can you tell the study wasn't double blined? The article gives so little information, I'm not even sure where to find the original study or if it has been published.
- carbocation 17y agoI believe this is the original study: http://oagb.ru/lib.php?txt_id=12292 http://oagb.ru/lib.php?txt_id=12292 Alas, I cannot read it. Nevertheless, the way the story is told in the article, it is clear that this was not blinded. It is possible that the article was both clear and incorrect, I admit. (Also, I don't know what you mean by double-blinded in an animal study.) From the scientist interviewed in the article, it is difficult to tell if the animals were even randomized, though I assume they were. The last paragraph gives away the political nature of this experiment: "They suggest implementing the project, 'Safety Gene Technology' at the innovation centre, 'Skolkovo' which is being set up near Moscow." Update: the Russian livejournal author's page is Google-translatable, and she states that this study was not even single-blinded. And she points out that this could all be an inbreeding effect, since not enough information is given in the study to rule that out.